the bacon cheeseburger index

jackie alpers

The Bacon Cheeseburger Index, And 6 Other Odd Economic Indicators

What does the price of a bacon cheeseburger tell you about the state of the economy? Perhaps the Big Mac contains the “special sauce” to decoding the current consumer condition — or maybe it’s one of the many other oddball economic indicators that take into account everything from nail polish to men’s undies to corpses. [More]